retirement again. the 45 year old retired last year only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play offs. those are our latest headlines. now on bbc news, bbc wales investigates: welsh rugby under the spotlight. wales women on the pitch. commentator: they think they ve gone over! - wales score! ..proud to wear the three feathers. you know, it s a wonderful game and it s our national game. it was a dream job. charlotte wathan was hired in 2018 to help transform the women s game in wales. i believed that i could be a force for good. i believed that i could, you know, bring about some positive change. but she quit after four years, telling the wru she was sick of being exposed to bullying, sexism and sexual harassment at work. and that s really sad. um. the women s game had long struggled for crowds and credibility. and, in 2018, things had hit rock bottom. commentator: well, they beatl wales here at twickenham, 52-0. after 20 years working in sport, charlotte s
the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. my god, somebody fired a shot! these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i m afraid to let my kids walk out the door. the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. step out, mr. bundy. i ll plead not guilty right now. there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. the 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. at the time of a mass murder, there s a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perp
sports organisations. what were people telling you as you re about to. mm. ..take this step and join the wru? mm. don t. are you sure? i d heard whispers around some of the challenges the young female team within the women s programme had faced. just feeling quite ridiculed, undervalued. misogyny, sexism. it was. everything was always an additional hurdle. when she started herjob, she says she soon began to see it for herself. there was an attitude that it was ok to make derogatory comments to, you know, to make sexist/sexual comments around women, or about women, within groups of the organisation. it was always sort of palmed off as banter, but i think again, there s.there s a line. that line got crossed for me, personally, and i know for others.
misogyny, sexism. it was. everything was always an additional hurdle. when she started herjob, she says she soon began to see it for herself. there was an attitude that it was ok to make derogatory comments to, you know, to make sexist/sexual comments around women, or about women, within groups of the organisation. it was always sort of palmed off as banter, but i think again, there s.there s a line. that line got crossed for me, personally, and i know for others. wru is always keen to push its commitment to the women s game. we re committed to making the best professional programme in the world. over the last 12 months, - we ve seen some real progress in the women s game in wales. we ve seen the first i professional contracts, we ve seen the professional staff, the support staff-
you know, to make sexist/sexual comments around women, or about women, within groups of the organisation. it was always sort of palmed off as banter, but i think again, there s.there s a line. that line got crossed for me personally, and i know for others. the wru is always keen to push its commitment to the women s game. we re committed to making it the best professional programme in the world. well, over the last 12 months, we ve seen some real progress in the women s game in wales. we ve seen the first professional contracts. we ve seen the professional staff, the support staff, bolstered. while progress was being made, some in the organisation were still worried about the culture in parts of the wru. it s not a culture that i likes to be challenged.